Cruel
אַכְזָרStrong’s H0393akhzar (akh-zar)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Akhzar is the Hebrew word usually translated “cruel”, “into cruel” and “fierce”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.”
Meaning
- Cruel, fierce
How it's translated
- cruel 2
- into cruel 1
- fierce 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Lamentations 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 30:21Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
- Job 41:10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
- Lamentations 4:3Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Hebrew dictionary
אַכְזָר akhzar · cruel
cruel, fierce
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cruel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CRUEL, adjective
[Latin See Crude and Rude.]
- Disposed to give pain to others, in body or mind; willing or pleased to torment, vex or afflict; inhuman; destitute of pity, compassion or kindness; fierce; ferocious; savage; barbarous; hardhearted; applied to persons or their dispositions.“They are cruel and have no mercy” Jeremiah 6:23
- Inhuman; barbarous; savage; causing pain, grief or distress; exerted in tormenting, vexing or afflicting.“Cursed be their wrath, for it was cruel” Genesis 49:7“The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel” Proverbs 12:10“Others had trials of cruel mockings” Hebrews 11:36
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.